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EvDO High-Speed Wireless vs. 802.11

Posted by timothy on from the this-is-worse-than-flying-cars dept.

willll writes "The Washington Post is running a story about EvDO (Evolution Data Only), a high-speed wireless technology. It can work anywhere that a mobile phone can work, one of its main advantages over WiFi. Companies such as Verizon and Lucent are looking into the technology." From the article, I'm not sure that EvDO can be directly compared to WiFi connections (and the article does not mention current long-range 802.11 ISPs), but it's still interesting.

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  1. How is This Different? by IcEMaN252 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Verizon is already offering something similiar called "Express Network" that is available on the new expensive 3G phones. For something like a hundred bucks a month they will give you unlimited access as speeds that can max out at close to ISDN.

    Sprint is rolling out a similiar service too.

    Funny thing is that those technologies aren't catching very much. 3G isn't as big as everyone thought. And as much as I'd like to have 144 on my laptop, I'd need a laptop first, or maybe more than 44k at home. So, my question is, what makes this new in different in a way that will make it catch on?

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